Carla Peters, a Nurse Clinician with the JGH’s Nursing Vascular Access Team, refers to an ultrasound image of a patient’s arm as she prepares to insert a midline catheter into a vein.
February 2025Spotlight feature

Waiting time for intravenous catheters significantly cut by new nursing team

Henry Mietkiewicz — February 5, 2025
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The Nursing Vascular Access Team relies on nurses’ expertise to help maintain the timely flow of patients through the JGH.

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In the Vaccination Command Centre, (from left) Joanne Côté, Lucie Tremblay, Sonia Boccardi, Amina Talib and Erin Cook (Associate Director of SAPA and Long-Term Care) plan the day’s strategy. Behind them, the screens at left and centre display the latest data about COVID-19 vaccinations in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. The screen at right shows real-time video of various areas inside the CIUSSS’s vaccination sites. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
May 2021Spotlight feature

Decision-makers strategize at Vaccination Command Centre to keep the shots coming

Henry Mietkiewicz — May 5, 2021
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When prompt, daily decisions are needed to keep the COVID-19 vaccination campaign running smoothly, top decision-makers gather in the Vaccination Command Centre.

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After surgery, Giovannina Agostinelli receives information about her medications from Pharmacist Dana Wazzan (left) and Emanuela Ciarlelli, Head Nurse on 8West.
NewsNovember 2019

Opioid addiction is target of new JGH guidelines

Henry Mietkiewicz — November 20, 2019
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As the toll of opioid addiction grows, new JGH guidelines have been approved to reduce the maximum amount of opioid medication that some surgery patients receive when discharged from the hospital.

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